Sampler, Martha Luck, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, stem, satin, chain and split stitches on plain weave foundation; counted and uncounted stitches, Two robed figures, one carrying a sword, the other wearing a bishop's mitre and carrying a censor on either side of a pair of tablets. An angel is at the top. The tablet at left contains the Lord's Prayer, then 'the law given by Moses but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.' The tablet on the left contains the Apostle's Creed. With the inscription Martha Luck her work Anno Domini 1715., England

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